Durova wrote:
Here's one possible way to implement this that wouldn't relate to the NPOV policy: don't remove links, simply deactivate them. The same information remains for anyone who wants to cut and paste the URL into a browser manually.
This is a nice-sounding compromise, but it strikes me as pretty silly. It doesn't stop anyone who wants to visit the verboten page; it merely annoys them, to no purpose. It cements the notion that banning the link is punitive, not protective.